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Milwaukee County Board to hold grant money hearing

Published: June 7, 2013
Tags: Community Development Block Grant, Milwaukee County board

Milwaukee County will hold a public hearing June 10 to determine how to allocate its share of about $1.2 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money for 2014.

State slammed over handling of federal money for economic development grants

Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: Community Development Block Grant, economic development, grants, HUD, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

Two Wisconsin state agencies have failed to follow federal law and their own policies in issuing economic development grants, the U.S. government said in a strongly worded letter sent to Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.

Mayville Engineering to buy new plant with economic grant

Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Community Development Block Grant, Department of Commerce, grant, Mayville Engineering, Scott Walker

Mayville Engineering Co. Inc., Mayville, will benefit from a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant–Economic Development program. Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that Waushara County received the economic development grant. The county will led the money to Mayville Engineering. The company — which provides prototyping, manufacturing and fabricating services [...]

Mold a growing concern in wake of floods

Published: July 27, 2010
Tags: CDBG, common council, Community Development Block Grant, Department of Public Works, flood, Joe Davis, Michael Murphy, mold

By Bill Clements Special to The Daily Reporter Milwaukee could lose to demolition hundreds of houses if damaging mold infects them as a result of flooding from the recent heavy rains. Vacant houses, of which Milwaukee has between 5,000 and 6,000, are most likely to fall victim to mold infiltration; the majority of those structures [...]

State loan will help Wis. yacht maker add 315 jobs

Published: June 9, 2010
Tags: Carver Yachts, Community Development Block Grant, Department of Commerce, jobs, loan, Marquis Yachts

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says a $1.5 million state loan will help a northeastern Wisconsin yacht maker add 315 jobs. Doyle said the loan, from the Community Development Block Grant program run by the Department of Commerce, will go to Marquis Yachts, LLC. The firm once known as Carver Yachts is a [...]

News Briefs

Published: September 9, 2009
Tags: appraisers, Beloit, Bernard Madoff, California Environment Quality Act, Clean Cities grant, Community Development Block Grant, Ed Roski, Fla., Frito-Lay, home foreclosures, Los Angeles County, Majestic Realty Co., New York’s Upper East Side, Palm Beach, state Department of Natural Resources, subprime lending, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle

Frito-Lay gets state money for expansion, Green Tier status Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday announced that the state will provide $2 million to Frito-Lay’s Beloit production facility to support a $28.5 million expansion and modernization project. Doyle also announced that Frito-Lay has been inducted into the state’s Green Tier Program, which was created in [...]

Stimulus rules thwart city of Milwaukee training efforts

Published: May 22, 2009
Tags: Community Development Block Grant, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Christian Center Youthbuild, Northcott Neighborhood House Wisconsin Fresh Start, stimulus

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Federal rules governing Community Development Block Grant stimulus money are forcing Milwaukee to downsize its plans to hire and train workers. The city will use most of the $4.5 million in CDBG money for street and building contracts and will rely on the private sector to train workers. Steven Mahan, director of [...]